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Anonymous
11 years ago
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My sims4 game won't start.

I've been trying to get my sims game to start for around an hour now, I've tried everything now - and probably done more harm than good by changing stuff. But I'm getting very frustrated, I just want to play the sims. Installing the sims3 was much easier.

Origin either, doesn’t start, and when it does, it won’t let me play the sims. I’ve tried getting it to work many different ways. But it won’t open.

Clicking play in origin itself results in nothing.

Clicking open on the sims itself results in nothing.

Clicking run as administrator results in nothing.

I really need help, anyone?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I have the same exact problem. My game was playing just fine yesterday. I logged out for a while and then went to play again but  an update for origin showed up so I let it install it. After that, when I hit play, I just get the small rectangle.

    I tried the repair option, moving the TS4 file, clean boot, re-installing origin, re-installing the game and nothing worked.

    I regret ever updating, what the hell.  

    Update: NVM, It's fixed now. OTL

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    To fix this issue:

    DISABLE IN GAME ORIGIN

    1. Right click on sims 4

    2. Check disable origin in game for this game

    3. run the game

    🙂

  • imagenesis, your tag should be imagenius...that did it.  My game works.  Bad origin, no cookie.  18 hours, a ticket with no reply and one re-install later and your post fixed it.  Thank you so much! 😕mileyvery-happy:

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    something similar...i guess happens to me...

    when i start the game whether it be from origin or my desktop or anywhere else a little window in the top left that is only big enough for the 3 simple buttons appears and then it says my sims 4 is not responding and im forced to close it...help

    AND YES, ive tried the firewall thing and restarting my computer...and the others i have no clue how to due :P

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    if I uninstall will I be able to reinstall without any issues?

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